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THE COTTAGE GAEDENER. 
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is ri ])0 it will be too late to sow it, unless the raiser 
has the convenience of ii greenhouse. I will, in the 
first place, suppose he has not, then the seed must be 
gathered, cleansed from tlie seed vesisels, and carefully 
inescrvcd in paper in a dry, cool room, till March; then 
pre})are some light soil composed of sandy loam, vege- 
tahle mould, and sandy peat, in equal parts. Mi-s; these 
well together with the hand, and let the soil become 
partially dry; then shift a portion of it, for the surl'ace, 
through a fine sieve; reserving the parts that will not go 
through the sieve. I’roeure some wide, shallow pans, with 
a hole in the bottom to let out the supertluous water ; 
place over the hole a large piece of broken potsherd, or 
an oyster shell; then cover the bottom of the pan with 
a layer of smaller potsherds, and upon them put an 
inch or two of the rough siftings of the compost; press 
tliis down level and lirm, and then ])lace upon that a 
layer of the compost unsii’ted ; let this layer vei'y nearly 
fill the pan. Upon that, finally, put a thin layer of the 
sifted compost, level it down, and ])ress it getitly with a 
smaller pan, or a round, flat piece of wood made on 
purpose. Then water gently, but sufficient to wet the 
whole thoroughly through. Let it stand an hour, to 
allow the water to settle through, and the surface to 
become ]iartially dry. It is then ready to receive the 
seed. As this is almost the smallest of all seeds, it 
must be, as it were, dusted over the surface, and some 
vm-y fine powdery comjiost dusted as thin as possible 
upon it. J’rcss this very lightly ujion the seed, but give 
no water—the moisture in the soil below will ascend 
and moisten the seed and its light covering sufficiently 
lb'- the time. I’lace the pans in a cold frame, or, what 
is better, upon a very gentle hotbed, under glass. If 
the cultivator has a greenhouse, the seed may be sown 
as scon as it is ripe, in the same manner, and be placed 
upon a shelf near the glass. In either case, as soon 
as plants come up, and can bo handled, prick out the 
seedlings thinly in other pans j)roi)ared .similarly to the 
seed-pans. There will be this advantage in the autumn¬ 
sowing, that the plants will be forward enough to plant 
out in nursery beds earlier in the following season than 
the spring-sown ones. It is very likely some will liowo)’ 
that season, and the best only should of course bo kept, 
the I'est will do to plant out in the borders of the llower- 
garden, or bo thrown away at once. Huch as do not 
llowcr should ho taken up in the autumn, potted in 
small pots, singly, and placed either in a greenhouse 
near the glass, or upon a bed of coal a.shes iir a cold 
frame, well protected from frost till spriirg, when they 
should be ])lanted out again to prove them. 
T. AppLEBy. 
{To he coutinuett.') 
CONIFERrE. 
{Conlinued from page 10 .) 
■ CuPKKssus LusiXANicA (Cedar of Goa, or Portuguese 
Cypress).—A very elegant drooping tree, fifty feet high, 
I grown extensively in Hpaiu aird Portugal, hence its 
specific name. It is not hardy enough to bear the 
, severe cold in the rrorthern parts of Britain, but would, 
; very likely, bo able to live in Hovonslriro and Cornwall 
j near the sea. 
Guj’ressus M.rcEocARPA, syn. Lambeetiana (Largo- 
' fruited Cypress).—This is a noble tree, growing upwards 
of seventy feet high, with a stem rrino feet iir circuur- 
foreirco. The leaves are rather broad compared with 
the rest of the species in this genus. They are of a 
bright green on the ui)per surface, and of a silvery, 
glaucous hue on the under. This peculiarity renders it 
a fine tree to ornament the landscape in this country, as 
well as a desirable species to introduce largely into the 
pinetum. The timber is hard and close-grained, which 
quality, when the plants arc cheaper, will make it 
valuable as a forest tree, especially as it has proved to 
be perfectly hardy. Mr. Hartweg found it in California, 
and says it forms one of the noblest trees in that 
country, and when fully grown bears a strong likeness 
to the majestic Cedar of Lebanon. We strongly recom¬ 
mend this beautiful sjtecies to the lovers of Conifera). 
The pj'ice is moderate ; good plants, two feet high, tnay 
be had for 2s 6d each. There is a variety named fasti- 
yiitta, a closer-growing and more upright tree, equally 
l)ardy, but more rare. 
CupRE.ssus MAjESTiCA (1)10,108110 Cypress). — A tree 
well-named, if we may judge from the growing ajijicar- 
ance ol the young trees wo have in this countiy. Very 
little is known .about it; even its native country and 
origin arc unknown. It is very rare. 
CuPREssus TiiLUUPERA (Erankincciiso - bearing Cy¬ 
press).—A jicrfectly hardy, fast-growing tree, native of 
Mexico; in that country it often reaches one hundred 
teet high. The habit is difteront to the generality of 
Cypresses, being thin of branches, and small-leaved, yet 
it forms a line tree. We have seen specimens of it 
about lifmen feet high, quite upright, and very hand¬ 
some. Though a native of Mexico, it bears our climate 
well, growing in any soil not actiially wet. 
CuPRESsus thy()Idp:s (White Cedar, or Thuja-like 
Cypress). This common tree has been separated from 
the Cypresses by Spacli, a writer in a Erench work on 
botany, as, we think, ([uite unnecessarily, and, therefore, 
wo have retained it under the genus where Linuteus 
placed it. It is, as is well known, a beautiful tree, 
growing upright, and thickly clothed with branches and 
foliage, so much so, that no object can be seen through 
it. This renders it useful to hide any unpleasant, low 
building, or other unsightly object. It delights in moist 
soil in America, its native country, but will thrive with 
us in deep loamy or sandy soil. The wood is fine in 
grain, solt, and light, and easy to work, and will bear 
without war])ing great extremes of drought and wet, 
hence it is iiiglily valued in the Avestern hemisphere, 
in this country it seldom reaches more than thirty feet; 
but in the swamps of America its altitude is often from 
seventy to eighty feet, in the grounds at Elvaston 
Castle, in Derbyshire, the variety named 0 tliyoides 
varieyata is ])lanted in a close row to form a hedge, and 
a beautiful object it is. This variety, intermixed among 
other low-growing green Conifer®, makes a jileasing 
variety. There are several more varieties named— 
glauca, nana, Kewensis, and atrovirens —which, in large 
collections, are desirable enough to cultivate as objects 
of curiosity. 
CuPREssus TOROi.osA (Twistcd Cyjircss). —This is an 
eastern species, growing in Nopaul, on the Bhoton Alps. 
Hr. W. Appleby, the son of the writer of this article. 
Curator of the Punjaub Horticultural Garden there, 
describes this tree as being one of the finest objects in 
that country. The garden-is situated about sixty miles 
from the Himalayan Mountains, the native habitat of 
the elegant Cedrus deodam. Like that handsome tree, 
the C. Uirolom is hardy enough to brave our winters, 
at least, in the south, and is a truly beautii'ul and orna¬ 
mental tree. Every collection ought to possess several 
specimens of it. It has been raised plentifully from 
foreign seed, and is cheaper than the Deodar. Plants 
well-rooted, throe feet high, may be had from 2s 6d, so 
that no one need be without it. As a single plant on a 
lawn, it rivals any other species of Conifer® in beauty. 
It loves a dry soil, and thrives in a high situation, if i 
protected slightly whilst young. Tho timber is excel- j 
lent, being close-grained, and capable of a high polish, 
rivalling in value the wood of the Deodar. As the 
plants are so reasonable in price, and the timber so 
valuable, it is worthy of tho attention of ])lanters on a 
large scale, especially on tho high waste lands of Jrc- 
